Friday, October 9, 2015
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| Buruji Kashamu |
The
verdict of the National and State Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting
in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital nullifying the Senatorial election of
wanted cocaine Baron, Alhaji Buruji
Kashamu this morning, has thrown a section of the state into wild
jubilation.
Kashamu,
controversial businessman and PDP stalwart, was the candidate of the then
ruling party in the March 28, 2015
Senatorial Elections for Ogun East. Other candidates in the election include
Dapo Abiodun of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegbenga Kaka of the Segun
Osoba-led Social Democratic Party (SDP) and six others. Kashamu was however controversially
returned elected and declared winner of the election by the returning officer
of the zone, Professor Babatunde Ikotun, after purportedly polling 99,540 votes
ahead of eight other candidates.
In
April 2015, however, the All Progressives Congress, APC, through its candidate,
Dapo Abiodun, filed a petition accusing the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of
manipulating the result in its favour during the collation.
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| Dapo Abiodun |
After six months of twists and turns in the
case, the tribunal finally delivered its judgment this morning Friday
9th October, 2015 nullifying Kashamu’s Pyrrhic
victory.
The
Tribunal led by Justice Ebiowei Tobi
cancelled units in 8 out 9 local government areas to invalidate the election of
the People’s Democratic Party senator. It has also ordered a rerun in a
whopping 110 polling units of the
senatorial district. The re-run will take place within 90 days.
Shortly after the judgement in Abeokuta this
morning, the Tribunal venue erupted in wild jubilation as supporters of the APC
burst into ecstatic singing and dancing. The excitement later spread to other
parts of the city. |
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